Exercise question:

I have been putting my feet in warm water and massaging them and that helps . The Doctors keep wanting me to go on gabapentin and it is giving me side affects I do not like.

I have PN only in my legs and feet with zero pain. I do Planet Fitness 5 days a week. I do leg and calf presses but I see zero improvement. PN is here to stay My balance is not good but I manage to get around. I know when people see me walking they think I just left a Bar.

Same happens to me!! I am currently using rowing machine without any increases in symptoms but over walking can put me in a pattern of serious off balance “drunk” walking and barely can stand on my feet periods. I think bike riding is okay too. Walking is by far the worse, I love it so much, it’s disappointing. Some days I can though but need to protect myself from overdoing.

I’ve had neuropathy for 15 years - very numb feet but no pain.
I have an E-BIKE without a throttle and ride about 25-30 miles 3-4 times a week. Everything feels better from the ride & my feet bother me less. Low impact exercise is best & cycling is the answer for me.

I baegan to experience pn years before I was diagnosed with insulin resistance. My theory which is born out to some extent by studies cited by chatGPT is that while one is building up to T2 diabetes, their insulin is progressively rising. I beleave that insulin levels are highly implicated inT2D. Therefore I implore you to adopt a dietary regimen that relieves your body’s demand for insulin. I have read and have experienced that when I’m careless with carb intake, my PN is aggravated. I’ll register high glucose (high insulin to lower BG level).

Dear @rick1959
I was reading a few of you, including @mildredberlinger & a few others…

Balance, walking pain, adding warm feet’s.

My balance hits from my right knee of my legs. I wall down, daily. Yes, I am the TBI man from my accident in 2012. I could do things even after my accident. I loss of my memory after 2012, but during it I worked out by cutting the grass and a few others until I well down in my garage 4 years ago. My balance kills my right leg. It’s sorts, doing better things than 4 tears ago. The pain was gone from my doctor and fixed that part of my lower back, when I fell down in my garage. But still my balance is not there, yet. But better than before - daily.

Exercising, for me? Yes!

1. Walking with either a holder from my left leg either zero pain or walk with a 4 round rollers. A short 200 feet and I hope a longer ones this spring.

2. Lift my chest and hands/arms 3 times a week but sitting down.

Thx,
Greg D. @greg1956

I want to thank everyone for the responses. This week I took 2 short but brisk walks with no after effects as of yet. Although, sometimes the after effects don't kick in for a few more days. Wait and see. Had to remind myself not to do too much. I really wanted to keep walking because at the time pain in the arches was minimal. Not quitting.

Walking is my main exercise. I went through several types of shoes, trying to make the pain easier to deal with. My best results came with minimalist shoes, especially for driving. I have switched to race walking shoes for my walks. They have made walking bearable. I got mine from a company called Reshod. I found the best and most consistent minimalist shoes come from Whitin.